An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SERVICEBERRY
saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry, juneberry
(noun) edible purple or red berries
Juneberry, serviceberry, service tree, shadbush, shadblow
(noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
serviceberry (plural serviceberries)
(Europe) Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.
The berries of those trees
(North America) Any plant of the genus Amelanchier of small deciduous trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae.
The berry of such a plant.
Synonyms
• (plant of genus Amelanchier): currant-tree, Juneberry, shad-blossom, shadbush
Source: Wiktionary
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